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Split-transaction bus architectures have existed in mini, mid-range, and mainframe computer systems for many years. Only recently have these architectures moved into the desktop market. In essence, split-transaction architecture is a bus transaction technique in which serialized transactions are decoupled and allowed to execute concurrently, or in an overlapping fashion. This technique leverages the latencies in the system to increase overall system performance. This is surely the reason for such an increase in memory performance.